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Felsen

Felsen is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Felsen
English
rock, cliff
Topic
Landscape

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Why is it der Felsen?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Felsen, so learn the two together: der Felsen.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Larger mass-related mass solidly contiguous hard rock

[1] größere in die Höhe ragende Masse fest zusammenhängenden harten Gesteins

[2] Developing: contiguous mass solid rock

[2] veraltend: zusammenhängende Masse festen Gesteins

Examples

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[2] When lifting the excavation pit, we came across rocks

[2] Beim Ausheben der Baugrube sind wir auf Felsen gestoßen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Felsen die Felsen
Genitiv des Felsens der Felsen
Dativ dem Felsen den Felsen
Akkusativ den Felsen die Felsen

Pronunciation

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